Chapter Summaries

Jin Sixian told Gu Jinlai and Zhao Yushu about the Blue Light Society, a mutual-aid group of Blue Star survivors, and they both joined. She revealed that Chao Jiuyin and fellow members had vanished after entering the Heavenly Master Hall, raising fears that something was wrong there.

• Jin Sixian explained that Xing Bieli had founded the Blue Light Society and died after being caught in the Sacred Dynasty’s power struggles.
• Jin Sixian said the society had 119 members, though 81 had been silent for over a year, and showed Gu Jinlai and Zhao Yushu the Starshadow communication device.
• Gu Jinlai and Zhao Yushu agreed to join the Blue Light Society, which had one active True Lord, three Spirit Transformations, and ten Spirit Refinings.
• Jin Sixian explained that the society favored the Heavenly Master path because Blue Star survivors had powerful spirits and could use their informational advantage.
• Jin Sixian revealed that Chao Jiuyin and more than a dozen Blue Star members had lost contact after going to the Heavenly Master Hall, which Chao Jiuyin had suspected was dangerous.

Gu Jinlai joined the Blue Light Society, learned that its members were investigating the Celestial Master Hall, and arranged financing to buy Thunder Magnet Origin Gold for his cultivation. He then confronted Zhang Guanghua over the Heavenly Silver Pavilion’s seizure of the Zhou Family’s money and demanded the remaining 170 million taels by the next day.

• Jin Sixian helped Gu Jinlai and Zhao Yushu activate Starshadow and introduced them to the Blue Light Society, whose members discussed the worlds drawing closer together.
• Jin Sixian offered to arrange 150 portions of Thunder Magnet Origin Gold for Gu Jinlai, and Gu Jinlai sought loans and support to cover the 900 million tael cost.
• Qiao Sen secured Gu Jinlai a 350 million tael bank loan, Zhao Yushu obtained 230 million from the Windy Rain Chamber of Commerce, and Gu Jinlai raised another 140 million by selling damaged Spirit Artifacts.
• Qian Wuque arrived with Zhang Wanhua to discuss the dispute over the Zhou Family’s funds, but Gu Jinlai demanded that Zhang Guanghua return the remaining 170 million taels.
• Zhang Guanghua rejected Gu Jinlai’s demand, and Gu Jinlai gave the Heavenly Silver Pavilion until the next day to pay before he reported the matter to the City Lord Mansion.

After anticipating retaliation from Zhang Chongshan, Gu Jinlai sought safety at the Martial Saint Academy and studied how Celestial divine abilities were classified and cultivated. He realized he could combine martial and Celestial divine abilities using his pure light, but his plans stalled when he learned the required cultivation method cost one hundred million contribution points.

• After Qian Wuque apologized for bringing the Zhang Household to his residence, Gu Jinlai dismissed him and considered the threat posed by Zhang Chongshan.
• Gu Jinlai asked Jin Sixian to send the Thunder Magnet Essence Gold as soon as possible, then went to stay at the Martial Saint Academy for safety.
• At the Academy library, Gu Jinlai read about the nine Celestial tiers and reflected on the limits of pursuing cultivation alongside the Heavenly Master path.
• Gu Jinlai realized martial and Celestial divine abilities shared the same source and that his pure light could let him cultivate Celestial abilities and combine the two methods.
• Gu Jinlai tried to reach the third floor to study Celestial cultivation methods, but the white-haired elder told him each exchange required one hundred million contribution points.

Gu Jinlai sold the Zhou Household’s passbook to Zhang Guanghua, then traded the proceeds for Thunder-Magnetic Origin Gold and secluded himself to cultivate. Refining the gold brought the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body to great accomplishment, where he discovered that his biological magnetic field could connect to and draw on a stellar magnetic field.

• Gu Jinlai reviewed the limited records of divine abilities and concluded he would have to wait until after fighting the Zhang Household to find one suited to him.
• Gu Jinlai collected 170 million from Zhang Guanghua at the Sky Silver Pavilion despite Zhang’s warning that he might not live to spend it.
• Gu Jinlai traded the money for 150 portions of Thunder-Magnetic Origin Gold at the Wind and Rain Commerce, while Zhao Yushu and Jin Sixian discussed the Zhang Household’s threat and offered help if needed.
• Gu Jinlai took the Thunder-Magnetic Origin Gold to the Martial Saint Academy and refined it in a closed cultivation chamber, rapidly strengthening his body.
• Gu Jinlai used two rays of clear light to understand the biological and stellar magnetic fields, and the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body advanced from small accomplishment to great accomplishment.

Gu Jinlai discovered that the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body greatly increased his speed and control over the Eternal Furnace, then took office as southeastern outer city deputy district master and Master of the Court of Justice. He left his new subordinates facing three cases tied to powerful families, including one accusing the Fang Family.

• Gu Jinlai used electricity to throw 333 punches in three seconds and concluded that his strength had reached the level of a top-tier Martial King.
• Yan Lie gave Gu Jinlai his appointment letter and warned him to avoid secluded places because Zhang Chongshan might target him.
• Gu Jinlai went to the southeastern outer city district office, met Zhen Chuanzong, and formally took office the next day.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Tang Zhengxiao, Anyu, and Fu Youguang to review serious cases and verify three reports of wrongdoing.
• Gu Jinlai selected the Liu Family relocation case, the Bai Family case involving a person who lost control, and a case accusing the Fang Family, alarming his subordinates.

Gu Jinlai reviewed cases exposing the Wan, Bai, and Fang Families’ crimes and ordered the Wan Family’s leaders arrested. When Wan Tianlie blocked the enforcement, Gu Jinlai transformed and attacked him, leaving their clash underway.

• Gu Jinlai summarized the Liu Family massacre, the Cloud Arts Tower murders, and Wang Cheng’s death after accusing the Fang Family.
• Gu Jinlai ordered the Law Enforcement Court to seize the Wan Family’s members and warned that anyone involved, including Wan Tianlie, would face investigation.
• Wan Tianlie and Wan Yixia gathered at the Wan Family residence with powerful allies, expecting Gu Jinlai to demand a bribe.
• Gu Jinlai rejected Wan Yixia’s offer, declared his commitment to enforcing the law, and ordered his enforcers to arrest the Wan Family’s leaders.
• Wan Yixia fled while Wan Tianlie blocked Gu Jinlai, who summoned the Great Sun True Demon Body and struck Wan Tianlie with a storm of lightning and punches.

Gu Jinlai defeated and killed Wan Tianlie, then led the Enforcement Court in raiding the Wan family and punishing its members for their crimes. He prepared to move against the Fang Family despite its ties to Martial Saint Fang Yan.

• Gu Jinlai overwhelmed Wan Tianlie with a storm of punches and killed him after striking him down with his spiritual sword.
• Gu Jinlai ordered the Enforcement Court to kill the Wan family members who resisted, and he killed Wan Yixia and other higher-ups.
• The surviving Wan family members surrendered, and Gu Jinlai ordered them arrested and punished according to law.
• Dark Jade uncovered stolen goods, persecuted captives, and records showing that the Wan family's crimes far exceeded the evidence already gathered.
• Gu Jinlai announced that the Enforcement Court would next raid the Fang Family and rejected Dark Jade's suggestion to inform Martial Saint Fang first.

Gu Jinlai killed Fang Butong and seized the Fang Family’s estate after wiping out the Wang Family, then moved against the Bai Family to demonstrate his strength. He found the Bai Family’s leaders had fled to the inner city, so he ordered their estate confiscated as well.

• Fang Butong learned Gu Jinlai had destroyed the Wang Family and tried to seek protection from Martial Saint Fang, but Gu Jinlai arrived before he could leave.
• Gu Jinlai killed Fang Butong in seconds and ordered Tang Zhengxiao and the Enforcement Court to search and confiscate the Fang Family’s estate.
• Gu Jinlai killed Fang Family members who tried to escape, while the rest surrendered and were taken into custody.
• Tang Zhengxiao reported that the Wang and Fang Families had left nearly five hundred million in unclaimed assets, and Gu Jinlai ordered the force to proceed to the Bai Family.
• At the Bai Family estate, Gu Jinlai found its leaders absent and rejected an invitation to meet them in the inner city, declaring that they had fled their crimes and ordering their estate confiscated.

Gu Jinlai confiscated the Fang, Wan, and Bai families, then went to the Martial Saint Academy as the upheaval drew scrutiny from the outer city. He told Flame Lie that he had found his direction for condensing martial will: upholding the law and maintaining order.

• Bai Fengyu arrived for a meeting with Gu Jinlai, but Bai Zihan reported that Gu had already seized the Bai Family and killed clan members who resisted.
• Bai Fengyu ordered an investigation into whether Gu Jinlai had powerful backing, while Bai Ziyu learned that Gu had also destroyed the Fang Family and killed its Martial Kings.
• Gu Jinlai took valuable supplies from the Bai Family and instructed Tang Zhengxiao to send any complaints or pressure directly to him.
• Zhen Chuanzong demanded that the Judicial Tribunal return the seized property, but Tang Zhengxiao warned him of Gu Jinlai's strength and suggested waiting for his return.
• At the Martial Saint Academy, Flame Lie questioned Gu Jinlai about the upheaval, and Gu said he had found his true heart in upholding the law and maintaining order.

Gu Jinlai exchanged resources seized from the Bai, Wan, and Fang families for cultivation techniques and divine abilities, with Yan Lie's help. He began cultivating the Great Thunderclap Sword Art in the Martial Saint Academy's cultivation chamber as he prepared to gain the strength to confront the Heavenly Dragonwood.

• Gu Jinlai told Yan Lie that he would pursue his true self by upholding law and order, and Yan Lie agreed to help him exchange the seized resources for contribution points.
• Gu Jinlai searched the library and chose the Lightning Staff and Primordial Magnetism Divine Light, along with the Great Thunderclap Sword Art and Thunder Origin Divine Body.
• Yan Lie arranged for additional resources to be brought from the southeastern outer district and credited Gu Jinlai with 550 million contribution points.
• Gu Jinlai exchanged the contribution points for the two divine abilities and two cultivation techniques, then went to the Academy's cultivation chamber.
• Gu Jinlai reviewed the Great Thunderclap Sword Art and sent clear light into his consciousness entity to begin advancing it.

Gu Jinlai combined the concepts of four thunder-related techniques to create the golden cultivation method Chaotic Starlight Body, then strengthened it and integrated the Staff of Thunder into a new offensive divine ability. The chapter ended with the Sword of Thunder reaching major accomplishment.

• Gu Jinlai spent clear light to combine the Myriad Thunder Secret Canon, Great Thunder Sword Art, Thunder Primordial Spirit Body, and Chaotic Thunder Primordial Body into the golden technique Chaotic Starlight Body.
• Gu Jinlai recognized that the new method could develop humans toward the power of innate divine beasts and named it Chaotic Starlight Body.
• Gu Jinlai used nine wisps of clear light to advance the Chaotic Starlight Body from entry to minor accomplishment, gaining greater strength and the ability to sense and influence thunderstorms.
• Gu Jinlai redirected his remaining clear light to the Staff of Thunder, combining it with the Great Thunder Sword Art to create the Sword of Thunder.
• Gu Jinlai poured thirteen wisps of clear light into the Sword of Thunder and raised it from entry to major accomplishment.

Gu Jinlai reflected on cultivating his divine abilities and the dangerous divine weapons left in the Chen Region before returning to the Law Enforcement Court. There, he refused pressure to release the Fang Family and Bai Family, discovered that his conviction strengthened his spiritual will, and decided to target the Yan Family next.

• Gu Jinlai calculated how clear light, the Chaos Starlight Body, and the Eternal Furnace could enhance the Sword of Thunder, while resolving to cultivate further before seeking the Aries Star Lord’s divine weapons.
• Gu Jinlai returned to the Law Enforcement Court, where Tang Zhengxiao reported that officials and Lineages were seeking answers after the arrests of the Wan Household, Fang Family, and Bai Family.
• Fang Jianfei and Zhen Chuanzong demanded that Gu Jinlai release the Fang Family and Bai Family, but he defended the arrests and rejected their authority over the Court.
• Gu Jinlai’s righteous declaration resonated with his true self and condensed his spiritual will, forcing Fang Jianfei and Zhen Chuanzong to leave without gaining their release.
• Gu Jinlai told his subordinates that the three families were only the beginning and ordered the Court to go after the Yan Family next.

Gu Jinlai purged criminal factions in the southeastern outer city and rebuilt the Judicial Court while seeking ways to strengthen his divine ability and advance his position. When an investigation implicated the powerful Thunder Origin Sect in a mass disappearance, he immediately set out to confront it.

• Gu Jinlai led raids against criminal factions, encouraged civilians to report crimes, and helped the southeastern outer city begin to change.
• He ordered reviews of new Judicial Court recruits and considered hiring former officials to handle routine work.
• Gu Jinlai spent sixteen strands of clear light to improve the Sword of Thunder, bringing the divine ability close to perfection.
• Two Spirit Refining True Persons joined the Judicial Court after Gu Jinlai examined their Karma.
• Fu Youguang reported that the Thunder Origin Sect's master, Lei Dao, had used demonic beasts to silence people, causing more than a thousand deaths and leaving around two thousand missing.
• Gu Jinlai ordered his forces to go to the Thunder Origin Sect.

Gu Jinlai was lured to Lei Yuan Sect and trapped by a coalition of Martial Kings and a Celestial led by Bai Fengyu. He opened the battle by striking Bai Fengyu with the Chengying Sword and then unleashed the Rod of Thunder, leaving Bai Fengyu unable to respond as Gu Jinlai attacked.

• Fu Youguang led Gu Jinlai to Lei Yuan Sect, where Sect Master Lei Dao greeted them at the main hall.
• Gu Jinlai exposed Fu Youguang's betrayal, and a formation sealed the sect as Bai Fengyu, Bai Ziyu, Zhang Chongshan, Zhang Guangming, Zhang Guanghua, Guangye, Lei Que, Bian Shouxin, and other experts appeared.
• Fu Youguang said he had turned against Gu Jinlai because Gu Jinlai's harsh reforms threatened those around him, while Zhang Chongshan and Bai Ziyu accused Gu Jinlai of abusing his authority.
• Bai Fengyu and eight Martial Kings manifested their true forms and prepared to attack Gu Jinlai.
• Gu Jinlai used the Chengying Sword to pierce Bai Fengyu's shoulder, then rushed after him with the Rod of Thunder and struck him with a thunderous fist.

Gu Jinlai overwhelmed the Thunder Origin Sect’s fighters with electrically propelled attacks, killing Bai Fengyu and Zhang Chongshan before mortally wounding Zhang Guanghua. He rose above the battlefield and faced the six surviving Martial Kings as fear spread among them.

• Gu Jinlai used Thunderbolt Sword and a barrage of electrified punches to shatter Bai Fengyu’s armor and kill him in midair.
• Gu Jinlai descended on Zhang Chongshan, overcame his Heaven and Earth Great Millstone, and killed the peak Martial King with a storm of punches.
• Zhang Guanghua charged Gu Jinlai in anger, but Gu Jinlai knocked his heavy sword aside and crushed his chest with a punch.
• Guang Ye slashed at Gu Jinlai with a hurricane-wrapped blade, but Gu Jinlai shot skyward and left only an afterimage behind.
• Zhang Guanghua succumbed to his injuries as Gu Jinlai hovered above the battlefield and confronted the six surviving Martial Kings.

Gu Jinlai slaughtered the Martial Kings who had ambushed him at Thunder Origin Sect, then pursued Guang Ye toward a nearby town. When Guang Ye threatened to destroy the town, Gu Jinlai resisted the temptation to exploit the deaths for clear light and public standing, and hurled a Thunder Sword at him.

• Gu Jinlai revealed overwhelming strength, and the six Martial Kings fled after realizing they could not defeat him.
• Gu Jinlai killed Thunder Sparrow, Bai Ziyu, Bian Shouxin, and Zhang Guangming with Thunder Swords as they ran.
• Thunder Saber tried to break through Thunder Origin Sect's formation, but Gu Jinlai caught him and killed him with a barrage of punches.
• Gu Jinlai pursued Guang Ye toward the town, where Guang Ye threatened to destroy it and kill thousands of residents.
• Gu Jinlai suppressed his temptation to let the massacre happen for personal gain and threw a Thunder Sword at Guang Ye.

Gu Jinlai stopped Guangye from killing him but failed to prevent Guangye’s rampage from devastating a town, then organized rescue efforts and dismantled Thunder Origin Sect. After collecting the spoils and gaining sixteen strands of clear light, he perfected the Sword of Thunder.

• Guangye survived Gu Jinlai’s Sword of Thunder and unleashed a wind-blade attack that flattened much of the town, killing over one thousand six hundred people and injuring around two thousand three hundred.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Thunder Origin Sect’s disciples to rescue the townspeople, forced Fu Youguang to organize the effort, and killed disciples and elders who tried to flee with serious Karma.
• Tang Zhengxiao arrived and reported the rescue and preliminary casualty figures, while Gu Jinlai ordered Thunder Origin Sect dissolved and its remaining operations moved to the Enforcement Hall.
• Gu Jinlai returned to Wind and Rain City with valuable spoils, sold most of the recovered artifacts, and gained sixteen strands of clear light from those he killed.
• Gu Jinlai invested seven strands of clear light into the Sword of Thunder and perfected the divine ability.

Gu Jinlai refined Magnetic Light and realized how it could combine with the Chaotic Starlight Body and Eternal Furnace to lead him toward becoming a star-like being. After accounting for his spoils and deciding to make up for resources he had previously diverted, he led the Enforcement Court to the Zhang Family, where Cao Congyun’s forces confronted him.

• Gu Jinlai used clear light to refine Magnetic Light into a field-based divine ability that could amplify Sword of Thunder and potentially develop into a stellar magnetic field.
• Gu Jinlai realized that the Chaotic Starlight Body and Eternal Furnace could fuse only after his essence evolved enough to contain their power.
• Gu Jinlai calculated that he could freely control about one billion in seized spoils and decided to replace resources he had previously converted into cultivation arts.
• Gu Jinlai led Dark Jade and dozens of enforcement officers to the Zhang Family to enforce the law.
• Gu Jinlai used the Chaotic Starlight Body to immobilize soldiers guarding the Zhang Family, then confronted a City Guard Army commander who invoked Cao Congyun's authority.

Gu Jinlai rejected Cao Congyun’s offer to settle the Zhang family’s attack and killed Zhang Zhongyue, then executed four named accomplices and confiscated the Zhang family’s assets. News of his battle spread through Wind and Rain City, where powerful figures took note of him and refrained from intervening.

• Cao Congyun offered to protect the Zhang family and proposed that Zhang Zhongyue apologize, but Gu Jinlai refused and attacked him.
• Gu Jinlai shattered Cao Congyun’s Six Directions Profound Light Mirror and killed Zhang Zhongyue with a flurry of punches.
• Cao Congyun prepared to retaliate, then withdrew after realizing Gu Jinlai could kill him as well.
• Gu Jinlai killed three Martial Ancestors and a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator whom Zhang Zhongshan had named as accomplices, then ordered the remaining Zhang family members to await interrogation.
• Dark Jade’s people confiscated the Zhang family’s property while reports of Gu Jinlai’s battle spread through Wind and Rain City.
• Wind and Rain City’s powerful figures ordered investigations into Gu Jinlai, but no one obstructed him as he left the inner city with the Zhang family’s assets.

After destroying the forces that ambushed him, Gu Jinlai reported the seized spoils and explained to Yan Lie how he had used the perfected Sword of Thunder to defeat his enemies. Yan Lie agreed to seek an exchange for a high-grade stellar magnetic field divine ability and promised to help protect Gu Jinlai’s freedom to pursue his martial dao will.

• Gu Jinlai allocated the seized assets, keeping the Zhang Family residence and giving Tang Zhengxiao and Anyu 30 million to distribute among their people.
• Yan Lie questioned Gu Jinlai about how he had defeated Bai Fengyu, Zhang Chongshan, Lei Dao, and the other attackers.
• Gu Jinlai presented Yan Lie with the Sword of Thunder and explained how he had perfected it and used it to kill Bai Fengyu before defeating the others separately.
• Yan Lie judged the Sword of Thunder comparable in value to a high-grade divine ability and agreed to seek one involving a stellar magnetic field in exchange.
• Gu Jinlai agreed to join the Martial Saint Court but said he would retain his Purifier and outer-city identities while preparing to condense his martial dao will.
• Yan Lie promised to advocate for Gu Jinlai and said no one would disturb him for three years, provided he avoided provoking public outrage.